Vaccinations

We offer a range of clinics and services here at Hammersmith Surgery for all your vaccination needs and advice.

Childhood Immunisations

One of the most important things that a parent can do for their child is to make sure that they have all their routine childhood vaccinations. It’s the most effective way of keeping them protected against infectious diseases.

Ideally, children should have their jabs at the right age to protect them as early as possible and minimise the risk of infection.

Find out which jabs your child needs, when they need them, and what the benefits of each jab are.

How often is the pneumococcal vaccine given?

People over-65 only need a single pneumococcal vaccination which will protect for life. It is not given annually like the flu jab.

People with a long term health condition may need just a single one-off pneumococcal vaccination or five-yearly vaccination depending on their underlying health problem.

Travel Clinic

In order to assist us to make a full assessment of the potential risks to your health from your planned travel, we would ask that you make a Travel Clinic appointment with our Practice Nurse. Ideally, this appointment should be made around the time of booking your holiday, at least 6 weeks before you travel.

At your appointment we may ask the following questions to help us plan for your trip:

When are you departing and for how long?

Where are you going, including the destinations within a country?

Where are you staying, e.g. backpacking, camping, hotels?

Are you planning to undertake any high risk activities?

Have you taken out travel insurance and have you informed the company of any existing medical condition?

If female and of child bearing age, is there any possibility you could be pregnant, or are you planning a pregnancy?

Do you have any medical conditions, or a history of significant medical illness? (these can influence the choice of malaria tablets we recommend)